Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School

Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School is a K-5 school of rural-scale scale in Golden Meadow, Louisiana, overseen by Lafourche Parish, works with 125 students in grades 3 through 5. That puts it 72% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Lafourche Parish runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 13,326 students. Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School lists that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Native American. By comparison, Lafourche Parish as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Lafourche Parish's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.0%.

In the area at large, Lafourche Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $63,135, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Lafourche Parish runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,426 students), of which Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Golden Meadow Lower Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.

Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School has declined 51%, going from 255 students in 2018 to 125 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.